I have just come back from an amazing trip to Italy. I am convinced that Italy is now my second home. The people are wonderful, kind, and gracious. The scenery is stunning. The history is fascinating. The artwork is the…

The year 1504 was one of the greatest years in the history of mankind. That year three of the greatest artists of all time converged in one Italian city, Florence, and went to work. First there was Leonardo Da Vinci.…

So I’m reading along in Ben Shapiro’s new book and really loving how he takes the complicated and makes it simple. He drops some pretty high powered philosophers’ names in there (Aristotle, Spinoza, Rousseau, Kant, etc.) and capably boils down…

Ben Shapiro’s recent book The Right Side of History: the Remaking of the World examines the philosophical history of western Europe and its descendents (most notable the United States of America) and why this particular culture and no other created the…

As I was reading Ben Shapiro’s latest book (The Right Side of History: The Remaking of the World) I was thinking about all the marvels of western civilization. These are marvels we just take for granted. But stop and think…

Late in life I have made it my goal to educate myself in the great literature of western civilization. So I am reading the stories we never got to in high school or college English: the writings of Homer, Cervantes,…

In my research sometimes I discover things on my way to looking up other items. The other day I discovered the stories and photos of two albums. Both contained photographs of people at Auschwitz in 1944. One was an album…

The other day my wife and I went to go see the movie “The Green Book.” It was in the dollar theater by this time (you know, the kind of theater where you bring your own chair..yes we are cheapskates).…

Recently I came across a horrible story from our nation’s past. At first I wondered if it were really true (so much on the internet is myth, you know). But the more I looked it up, the more the story…

In 1936, Spanish Nationalist (fascist) general Emelio Mola said that he had four columns of troops attacking the Spanish Republican (communist) forces trapped inside Madrid. Then he added that there was a “fifth column” within the city, sympathizing with his…